Delivers Closest Demo Gap vs. ABC in 6 Years for Current Season
‘Nightly News’ Remains Only Evening Newscast Marking Across-the-Board Viewership Growth vs. Last Season
Week of April 6 Highlights
*Tom Llamas was off Friday
- Nightly News scores its 10th straight week of A25-54 growth vs. last year
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last season
- Nightly News closes the year-over-year demo gap vs ABC by 23%, 10th consecutive week of narrowing gap
- Nightly News continues to deliver its closest demo gap vs. ABC in six years for the current season
Week of April 6 Stats
- Averages 6.4 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.627 million (+69%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last year by +281,000
- Grows total audience season to date by +78,000
- Averages 909,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +432,000 (+91%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +117,000 (15%)
- Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 23% vs. last year
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 45% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow vs. last season, +43,000
- Averages 642,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +316,000 (+97%)
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +93,000 (+17%)
- Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 18% vs. last year
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 30% better vs. prior year at this point in the season
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in A18-49 viewers vs. last season, +42,000
WEEK OF 4/6/2026
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 909 | 642 | 6,434 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 477 | 326 | 3,807 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,067 | 785 | 8,417 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 4/6/2026-4/12/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
Note: Nightly News and CBS Evening News were based on 4-day averages (Mon-Thu) due to special report impact (Artemis II splashdown) on Friday.
